“Unbelievable – look at this – such a beautiful boy… is this live?!” - Bert Le Clos, father of Chad Le Clos men’s 200 metere butterfly gold medallist.
“He’s everything we thought Bertie Wooster was - and God knows we worship Bertie Wooster, in the form of Hugh Laurie.” - The late Gore Vidal on David Cameron.
“This case is a high-profile one because it really is about our understanding of the rights and freedoms of an individual. However, there will always be differences in the perception of what is permitted and what is not permitted from a moral point of view and of where moral misdemeanours transform into criminal offences.” - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the Pussy Riot trial.
“I’m shattered and ecstatic at the same time. In all our races this season, we’ve got out ahead and tried to stay there. It shows if you work hard, you can do anything.” - Heather Stanning and Helen Glover after their gold medal win in the coxless pairs rowing.
“My head is full of stories, and I love to tell them.” - Irish author Maeve Binchy, who has died aged 72.
“I am very delighted with the prospects of a highly successful Olympic Games. What I have seen shows imagination and forethought and a lot of organisation and [I] expect the Games to be highly successful,” - Mitt Romney, shortly after publicly criticising London as an appropriate venue for the Olympic Games.
“Get me a rope … Get me a ladder!” - Boris Johnson gets stuck while riding on a zip wire as part of Olympic celebrations.
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